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The USC women's tennis team captured its eighth straight win Wednesday 20
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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912
Thursday, March 25,2004
Vol. CM V. No 42
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Heading East. Erwin Chemerinsky, a tenured professor at USC who teaches law and political science classes, will teach constitutional law at Duke University in North Carolina beginning this fall
Professors leave for Duke
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Erwin Chemerinsky and his wife, Catherine Fisk, will soon teach at Duke.
By JAMES R. KOREN
Staff Wriur
Next year, the University of Southern California will lose one of its most well-known and well-liked professors to Duke University.
Starting this fall, law and political science professor Erwin Chemerinsky will be teaching classes on the federal courts and constitutional law at Duke.
Also leaving USC for Duke is law professor Catherine Fisk,
Chemerinsky * wife.
A tenured professor. Chemerinsky has taught at USC for
21 years. He is at the forefront of his field and has written and edited several books, contributed countless articles to law reviews, journals and newspapers and has testified in front of Congress and the Supreme Court
“He's a first rate professor of constitutional law and a wonderful teacher, as well as a voice of the academic community, and we'll miss all those things,' said Matthew Spitzer, dean of USC Law School.
Duke has been hoping to hire an expert in constitutional law for several years and in 2002 invited
Chemerinsky to visit the university for a semester, said Katherine Bartlett, dean of Duke l.aw School.
Chemerinsky and Fisk both taught at Duke in the fall of that year, after which. Bartlett offered them full-time faculty positions Bartlett said both were big hits in the classroom.
However, the couple declined because they said they did not want to leave Los Angeles at that point because they did not want to move while their second oldest child. Adam, was still in high school.
Duke extended its offer once again this January. and Chemerinsky and Fisk decided to I see Chanwrinshy page 11 1
USC students sued by RIAA
The Recording Industry Association of Astern a has filed lawsuits against more than 501) additional downloaders
By BRIAN REED
Sl.ff Writer
Four USC students are among those targeted in the latest hatch of lawsuits filed by the Recording Industry Association of America against individuals it alleges illegally shared copyrighted music.
Of the 532 people included in the lawsuits, which were announced Tuesday. 89 were using university networks to illegally distribute music online through peer to peer networks such as KaZaa. Morpheus and lameWire
“We hope that it will send a mes sage to students across the country that this activity is illegal and that engaging in it can have conse cjuences.” said Cary Sherman, presi dent of the RIAA. of the suits
Students at 21 universities in 10 states and Washington, D C., includ ing USC, UC Berkeley and California State University Northridge were named in the lawsuits
Carol M. Mauch, associate gener al counsel for USC. released a state ment Wednesday, saying that HI A A told USC that the “lawsuit is not in any way focused on the University of Southern C alifornia, or on the opera tion of its network"
Mauch also said US< was told “the partnership forged between the University and the KIAA has been enormously productive
Sherman said the KIAA is not targeting specific sthools .is it tiles the lawsuits.
The schools in the latest bait h ot suits, were included in the lawsuits be< ause they happened to tall in the mrisdit tions in which the KIAA is
currently' filing lawsuits Sherman said
KIAA is filing cases throughout the country at different times so ii can maximize the efficients of tin litigation process, he said
Sherman said the KI AA lauru lied
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its campaign of legal at turn against the alleged violators bet ause the\ were destroying the musit industr\ We lei I that we t ouid not stand by and watch an entire industry — the most vibrant music industry in the world (be) downloaded to death Sherman saul And that s why we launched lawsuits .ii-ainst the individuals who were distnhut ing hundreds and even thousands <*f copyrighted rnusu files to million' < t anonymous stranger s
The targets »»f the I.it. si were selected hast.I on th* ego giousness ot their infringing a«tm ty.‘ Sherman said
Ihe average number ot tiles th. alleged illegal file sharers *er. shar mg is M7. Sherman said
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WEATHER
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Today; Partly sunny. Hitfi of 70, low cf 54.
Tomorrow: Hitft 66, low 51.
Many chances in so little time
In Santa Monica, single men and women met at a speed dating event to chat and possibly find romance.
By SAU WAI CHIM
C ontributing Writes
Colleen, a 47-year-old bank employee, had never even thought of doing speed dating.
She didn't even sign up for it.
But after filling in for a friend who could not make it to a speed-dating event, she ended up meeting 19 different men for five minutes each.
By the end of the night, she had found three leads for possible future relationships.
With speed dating a person has to decide whether to continue to develop a relationship with a mein ber of the opposite sex in several minutes.
Speed dating has become a new trend for singles to meet people, socialize with each other or find romance ultimately
The speed-dating event that Colleen, in which participants use only their first names, attended was hosted by a company called Rapid Dating in Papillon Lounge at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, where 25 women aged 40 to 55 and
22 men aged 45 to 60 gathered
Each person sat with a member of the opposite sex, chatting for fout to five minutes. When the bell rang the women stood up and moved to pate 1J i
Speed dating is a popular trend lor singles who want to meet people either to socialize ot tor romance.
Each pair gets to chat for four to five minutes, when the bell nngs to move on to the next pei son
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Entrepreneurs. Rene Plane, president of Rapid Dating at a recent Santa Monica dating event

INSIDE
The USC women's tennis team captured its eighth straight win Wednesday 20
iilytrojan.com
Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912
Thursday, March 25,2004
Vol. CM V. No 42
■ c v ,\V''
ggsjs. \ v
V"' •''vVr.;-ii-v • ,/v
•:h ‘ 4 Ifc - MMsiX
RK*eT Chas l DMy Troian
Heading East. Erwin Chemerinsky, a tenured professor at USC who teaches law and political science classes, will teach constitutional law at Duke University in North Carolina beginning this fall
Professors leave for Duke
v ^£4:4*. • ;
« If J & ■
•> '■ v . f. ,• «• '*<8*
Erwin Chemerinsky and his wife, Catherine Fisk, will soon teach at Duke.
By JAMES R. KOREN
Staff Wriur
Next year, the University of Southern California will lose one of its most well-known and well-liked professors to Duke University.
Starting this fall, law and political science professor Erwin Chemerinsky will be teaching classes on the federal courts and constitutional law at Duke.
Also leaving USC for Duke is law professor Catherine Fisk,
Chemerinsky * wife.
A tenured professor. Chemerinsky has taught at USC for
21 years. He is at the forefront of his field and has written and edited several books, contributed countless articles to law reviews, journals and newspapers and has testified in front of Congress and the Supreme Court
“He's a first rate professor of constitutional law and a wonderful teacher, as well as a voice of the academic community, and we'll miss all those things,' said Matthew Spitzer, dean of USC Law School.
Duke has been hoping to hire an expert in constitutional law for several years and in 2002 invited
Chemerinsky to visit the university for a semester, said Katherine Bartlett, dean of Duke l.aw School.
Chemerinsky and Fisk both taught at Duke in the fall of that year, after which. Bartlett offered them full-time faculty positions Bartlett said both were big hits in the classroom.
However, the couple declined because they said they did not want to leave Los Angeles at that point because they did not want to move while their second oldest child. Adam, was still in high school.
Duke extended its offer once again this January. and Chemerinsky and Fisk decided to I see Chanwrinshy page 11 1
USC students sued by RIAA
The Recording Industry Association of Astern a has filed lawsuits against more than 501) additional downloaders
By BRIAN REED
Sl.ff Writer
Four USC students are among those targeted in the latest hatch of lawsuits filed by the Recording Industry Association of America against individuals it alleges illegally shared copyrighted music.
Of the 532 people included in the lawsuits, which were announced Tuesday. 89 were using university networks to illegally distribute music online through peer to peer networks such as KaZaa. Morpheus and lameWire
“We hope that it will send a mes sage to students across the country that this activity is illegal and that engaging in it can have conse cjuences.” said Cary Sherman, presi dent of the RIAA. of the suits
Students at 21 universities in 10 states and Washington, D C., includ ing USC, UC Berkeley and California State University Northridge were named in the lawsuits
Carol M. Mauch, associate gener al counsel for USC. released a state ment Wednesday, saying that HI A A told USC that the “lawsuit is not in any way focused on the University of Southern C alifornia, or on the opera tion of its network"
Mauch also said US< was told “the partnership forged between the University and the KIAA has been enormously productive
Sherman said the KIAA is not targeting specific sthools .is it tiles the lawsuits.
The schools in the latest bait h ot suits, were included in the lawsuits be< ause they happened to tall in the mrisdit tions in which the KIAA is
currently' filing lawsuits Sherman said
KIAA is filing cases throughout the country at different times so ii can maximize the efficients of tin litigation process, he said
Sherman said the KI AA lauru lied
I\r fell th/il iw could tint stand h\ ami my it i Ii an cut i rr mdus/r\ the most \thmnf music iruhi\ti i in thc w has lost i third of its sales in three wars, lit
n for the Spirit of y. but iti 011 performing and riling up its fans. 7 The ban on assault weapons only promotes osmetic changes. 4
v. ,
A UtotyW-.........7 Sport*.----29
. » .* ■ J
---
WEATHER
•. :• ‘j
Today; Partly sunny. Hitfi of 70, low cf 54.
Tomorrow: Hitft 66, low 51.
Many chances in so little time
In Santa Monica, single men and women met at a speed dating event to chat and possibly find romance.
By SAU WAI CHIM
C ontributing Writes
Colleen, a 47-year-old bank employee, had never even thought of doing speed dating.
She didn't even sign up for it.
But after filling in for a friend who could not make it to a speed-dating event, she ended up meeting 19 different men for five minutes each.
By the end of the night, she had found three leads for possible future relationships.
With speed dating a person has to decide whether to continue to develop a relationship with a mein ber of the opposite sex in several minutes.
Speed dating has become a new trend for singles to meet people, socialize with each other or find romance ultimately
The speed-dating event that Colleen, in which participants use only their first names, attended was hosted by a company called Rapid Dating in Papillon Lounge at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel, where 25 women aged 40 to 55 and
22 men aged 45 to 60 gathered
Each person sat with a member of the opposite sex, chatting for fout to five minutes. When the bell rang the women stood up and moved to pate 1J i
Speed dating is a popular trend lor singles who want to meet people either to socialize ot tor romance.
Each pair gets to chat for four to five minutes, when the bell nngs to move on to the next pei son
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